ONVOLVULUS, FIELD. Class 5, PENTANDRIA. Order: MONOGYNIA. This small pink flower rejoices in as many titles as any royal prince, for it is so common and so troublesome, as to have made itself a name in all rural vocabularies; among others, it is known as Weed-bind, Rope-weed, Bell bind, Bell-wind, With-wind, and Hedgebells. CAPTIVATION. Come from the dim woods, come from the sea, Come with me there. Come from the shady woods, Come from the roaring floods, Come, where the meadows lie fragrant and fair! We merry flowers are running The meadow mazes through; And be the farmers e'er so cunning, We're as cunning too! And many a time the Farmer vows He'll banish us his land; TWAMLEY. And we still run up the Hawthorn bough, A merry and myriad band. TWAMLEY. RANBERRY. Oxycoccus. Class 8, DRIA. Order: MONOGYNIA. This berry is very abundant in the United It commonly grows in and about th pools of the swampy moorlands, and therers are often obliged to wade in water to come at them, so that the p they thus win is dearly earned. The botanical name is odd sound but good meaning, being oxycoccus, from two words meaning acid and fruit. HARDINESS. The Cranberry blossom dwelleth there Amid the mountains cold, Seeming like a fairy gift Left on the dreary wold. Oh! and 't is very beautiful, The flowers are pink and white, "T is such a wee, fair, dainty thing, But on the moors it dwelleth free The bushes all in water grow, TWAMLEY. ROCUS. Crocus. Class 3, TRIANDRIA. Order: MONOGYNIA. According to the Grecian mythology, the name of this flower is derived from Crocus, a youth who was consumed by the ardour of his love for the nymph Smilax, and afterwards changed into the flower which bears his name. The common saffron used in medicine is a species of crocus, the crocus sativus, a native of Greece and Asia Minor. CHEERFULNESS. Oh! many a glorious flower there grows In far and richer lands; But high in my affection e'er The Autumnal Crocus stands. I love their faces, when by one I love them when the spreading field I loved them in the by-gone years Of childhood's thoughtless laughter, I loved them then, I love them now I love them for the thoughts they bring When, first-born of the waking earth, Their kindred gay appear, And, with the Snow-drop, usher in The hope-invested year. HOWITT. ROSS OF JERUSALEM. Lychnis Viscaria. Class 16, DECANDRIA. Order: PENTAGYNIA. This flower, has been frequently named Cross of Jerusalem, in most of the European languages, the French calling it croix de Jérusalem; the Spanish, cruces de Jerusalem; the Italians, croce di Cavalieri ; the Germans, Hierosolymorum flos; the Portuguese, cruz de Malta; all tending to dedicate it to religion, and as it appears to have been introduced by the crusaders, we present it as the emblem of religious enthusiasm. DEVOTION. The maid who kept In her young heart the secret of his love, No! no! She twined Its riven tendrils round a surer prop, And rear'd its blighted blossoms towards that sky Had lost its essence, and the viol's voice Gave but a sorrowing sound. Even her loved plants With hers to watch their budding. 'Mid their flowers, SIGOURNEY. ROWN IMPERIAL. Fritillaria Imperialis. Class 6, HEXANDRIA. Order: MONOGYNIA. This noble flower is said to have been brought into England in the time of Shakspeare, who has introduced it in his Winter's Tale: Bold oxlip, and The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds; On this family of plants modern botanists have bestowed the name of Fritillaria, of which this, from its commanding deportment and brilliant colours, is considered the sovereign. The lily's height bespoke command, A fair imperial flower; She seem'd design'd for Flora's hand, The sceptre of her power. We have therefore elevated this distinguished member of Flora's kingdom to be the emblem of majesty, and the representative of power in our floral sentiments. MAJESTY. There is for Kings a fame that never dies, QUILLINAN. |